Secret Power - or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work
By D. L. Moody
()
About this ebook
May God make this book a blessing to many. This is my prayer.
L. MOODY.
D. L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody, also known as D. L. Moody, was a well-known American evangelist who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts, Moody Bible Institute, and Moody Publishers.
Read more from D. L. Moody
Prevailing Prayer Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The D.L. Moody Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrevailing Prayer: What is it/ Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSowing and Reaping Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Bible Characters Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsChristian Stories for Children Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSovereign Grace Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Pleasure and Profit in Bible Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTo the Work! To the Work!: Exhortations to Christians Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Way to God and How to Find It Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Quiet Hour Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAnecdotes, Incidents and Illustrations Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNotes from My Bible Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsOne Thousand and One Thoughts from My Library Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Second Coming of Christ AND Plan of The Ages: With Chart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMen of the Bible Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife Words from Gospel Addresses Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power or the Secret to Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMen of the Bible Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSowing and Reaping Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Resurrection: A Symposium Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPleasure & Profit in Bible Study Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsNew Sermons, Addresses, and Prayers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Secret Power - or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work
Related ebooks
Secret Power - or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power; or, The Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSecret Power or the Secret to Success in Christian Life and Work Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSECRET POWER and THE OVERCOMING LIFE Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Secret of Success in the Christian Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHoly Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMoving In The Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll about the Holy Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Personality of the Holy Spirit Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spiritual Energies in Daily Life Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlain Papers on the Holy Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWho Is the Holy Spirit? A Devotional Journey Through the Book of Acts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Person and Work of The Holy Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Gospel Promisse Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Holy Spirit and the Believer Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Power of the Holy Spirit: God’s Promise to the Believers and the Initial Sign Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Work and the Person of the Holy Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Fundamental Doctrines of the Christian faith Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Holy Spirit: Spiritual Gifts Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Person and Work of the Holy Spirit: As Revealed in the Scriptures and in Personal Experience Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Knowing the Holy Spirit: (The Spirit of God) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Holy Breath. Our Spirit Helper Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPower Demonstration: Understanding the Holy Spirit and His Gifts Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5An Encounter With The Holy Spirit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Religion & Spirituality For You
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Odyssey Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Four Loves Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mere Christianity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Course In Miracles: (Original Edition) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Billion Years: My Escape From a Life in the Highest Ranks of Scientology Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Egyptian Book of the Dead: The Complete Papyrus of Ani Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Imitation of Christ: Selections Annotated & Explained Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Love Dare Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Buddha's Guide to Gratitude: The Life-changing Power of Everyday Mindfulness Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Dangerous Prayers: Because Following Jesus Was Never Meant to Be Safe Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Calendar of Wisdom: Daily Thoughts to Nourish the Soul, Written and Se Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Weight of Glory Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Reason for God Discussion Guide: Conversations on Faith and Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Gay Girl, Good God: The Story of Who I Was, and Who God Has Always Been Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gospel of Mary Magdalene Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Upon Waking: 60 Daily Reflections to Discover Ourselves and the God We Were Made For Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Unfollow: A Memoir of Loving and Leaving the Westboro Baptist Church Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Gospel of Thomas: The Gnostic Wisdom of Jesus Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5NRSV, Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible: Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Untethered Soul by Michael Singer: Summary and Analysis Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Unwanted: How Sexual Brokenness Reveals Our Way to Healing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Beyond Belief: My Secret Life Inside Scientology and My Harrowing Escape Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Writing to Wake the Soul: Opening the Sacred Conversation Within Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Live in Grace, Walk in Love: A 365-Day Journey Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Related categories
Reviews for Secret Power - or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Secret Power - or the Secret of Success in Christian Life and Work - D. L. Moody
Table of Contents
PREFACE
CHAPTER I. POWER - ITS SOURCE
CHAPTER II. POWER IN
AND UPON
CHAPTER III. WITNESSING IN POWER
CHAPTER IV. POWER IN OPERATION
CHAPTER V. POWER HINDERED
SECRET POWER
OR
THE SECRETOF SUCCESS
IN
CHRISTIAN LIFE AND WORK
by
DWIGHT L. MOODY
First digital edition 2019 by Gianluca Ruffini
PREFACE
One man may have zeal without knowledge,
while another may have knowledge without zeal. If I could have only the one, I believe I should choose the first; but, with an open Bible, no one need be without knowledge of God’s will and purpose; and the object of this book is to help others to know the source of true power, that both their zeal and their knowledge may be of increased service in the Master’s work.
Paul says, all Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable;
but I believe one portion, and that the subject of this book, has been too much overlooked, as though it were not practical, and the result is lack of power in testimony and work. If we would work, not as one that beateth the air,
but to some definite purpose, we must have this power from on high. Without this power, our work will be drudgery. With it, it becomes a joyful task, a refreshing service.
May God make this book a blessing to many. This is my prayer.
L. MOODY.
CHAPTER I. POWER - ITS SOURCE
In vain do the inhabitants of London go to their conduits for supply unless the man who has the master-key turns the water on; and in vain do we think to quench our thirst at ordinances, unless God communicates the living water of His Spirit. Anon.
It was the custom of the Roman emperors, at their triumphal entrance, to cast new coins among the multitudes; so doth Christ, in His triumphal ascension into heaven, throw the greatest gifts for the good of men that were ever given. T. Goodwin.
To unconverted persons, a great part of the Bible resembles a letter written in cipher. The blessed Spirit’s office is to act as God’s decipherer, by letting His people into the secret of celestial experience, as the key and clew to those sweet mysteries of grace which were before as a garden shut up, or as a fountain sealed, or as a book written in an unknown character. Toplady.
The greatest, strongest, mightiest plea for the Church of God in the world is the existence of the Spirit of God in its midst, and the works of the Spirit of God are the true evidences of Christianity. They say miracles are withdrawn, but the Holy Spirit is the standing miracle of the Church of God to-day. I will not say a word against societies for Christian evidences, nor against those weighty and learned brethren who have defended the outworks of the Christian Church. They have done good service, and I wish them every blessing, but as to my own soul, I never was settled in my faith in Christ by Paley’s Evidences, nor by all the evidence ever brought from history or elsewhere; the Holy Spirit has taken the burden off my shoulders, and given me peace and liberty. This to me is evidence, and as to the externals which we can quote to others, it was enough for Peter and John that the people saw the lame man healed, and they needed not to speak for themselves. Spurgeon.
POWER - ITS SOURCE.
Without the soul, divinely quickened and inspired, the observances of the grandest ritualism are as worthless as the motions of a galvanized corpse.
Anon.
I QUOTE this sentence, as it leads me at once to the subject under consideration. What is this quickening and inspiration? What is this power needed? From whence its source? I reply: The Holy Spirit of God. I am a full believer in The Apostles’ Creed,
and therefore I believe in the Holy Ghost.
A writer has pointedly asked: What are our souls without His grace? as dead as the branch in which the sap does not circulate. What is the Church without Him? as parched and barren as the fields without the dew and rain of heaven.
There has been much inquiry of late on the subject of the Holy Spirit. In this and other lands thousands of persons have been giving attention to the study of this grand theme. I hope it will lead us all to pray for a greater manifestation of His power upon the whole Church of God. How much we have dishonored Him in the past! How ignorant of His grace, and love and presence we have been? True, we have heard of Him and read of Him, but we have had little intelligent knowledge of His attributes, His offices and His relations to us. I fear He has not been to many professed Christians an actual existence, nor is He known to them as a personality of the Godhead.
The first work of the Spirit is to give life; spiritual life. He gives it and He sustains it. If there is no life, there can be no power; Solomon says: A living dog is better than a dead lion.
When the Spirit imparts this life, He does not leave us to droop and die, but constantly fans the flame. He is ever with us. Surely, we ought not to be ignorant of His power and his work.
IDENTITY AND PERSONALITY.
In John v, 7, we read: There are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost, and these three are one.
By the Father is meant the first Person, Christ, the Word is the second, and the Holy Spirit, perfectly fulfilling His own office and work in union with the Father and the Son, is the third. I find clearly presented in my Bible, that the One God who demands my love, service and worship, has there revealed Himself, and that each of those three names of Father, Son and Holy Ghost has personality attached to them. Therefore, we find some things ascribed to God as Father, some to God as Saviour, and some to God as Comforter and Teacher. It has been remarked that the Father plans, the Son executes, and the Holy Spirit applies. But I also believe they plan and work together. The distinction of persons is often noted in Scripture. In Matt. III, 16-17, we find JESUS submitting to baptism, the SPIRIT descending upon Him, while the FATHER’S voice of approval is heard saying: This is my Beloved Son in whom I am well pleased.
Again, in John XIV, 16, we read: I (i. e. Jesus) will pray the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter.
Also, in Eph. I, 18:Through Him (i. e. Christ Jesus) we both (Jews and Gentiles) have access by one Spirit unto the Father.
Thus, we are taught the distinction of persons in the Godhead, and their inseparable union. From these and other scriptures, also we learn the identity and actual existence of the Holy Spirit.
If you ask do I understand what is thus revealed in Scripture, I say no.
But my faith bows down before the inspired Word and I unhesitatingly believe the great things of God when even reason is blinded and the intellect confused.
In addition to the teaching of God’s Word, the Holy Spirit in His gracious work in the soul declares His own presence. Through His agency, we are born again,
and through His indwelling we possess superhuman power. Science, falsely so called, when arrayed against the existence and presence of the Spirit of God with His people, only exposes its own folly to the contempt of those who have become new creatures in Christ Jesus.
The Holy Spirit who inspired prophets, and qualified apostles, continues to animate, guide and comfort all true believers. To the actual Christian, the personality of the Holy Spirit is more real than any theory science has to offer, for so-called science is but calculation based on human observation, and is constantly changing its inferences. But the existence of the Holy Spirit is to the child of God a matter of Scripture revelation and of actual experience.
Some skeptics assert that there is no other vital energy in the world but physical force, while contrary to their assertions, thousands and tens of thousands who cannot possibly be deceived have been quickened into spiritual life by a power neither physical or mental. Men who were dead in sins drunkards who lost their will, blasphemers who lost their purity, libertines sunk in beastliness, infidels who published their shame to the world, have in numberless instances become the subjects of the Spirit’s power, and are now walking in the true nobility of Christian manhood, separated by an infinite distance from their former life. Let others reject, if they will, at their own peril, this imperishable truth. I believe, and am growing more into this belief, that divine, miraculous creative power resides in the Holy Ghost. Above and beyond all natural law, yet in harmony with it, creation, providence, the Divine government, and the